MacMini beach balling and freezing up

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99FLHR Author

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MacMini beach balling and freezing up

Here is the latest Etrecheck report. Can someone tell me if this thing can be saved.

I partitioned the hard drive and would like to undo it. maybe made it worst. TY

EtreCheck version: 5.5.3 (5102)

Report generated: 2020-04-08 11:09:24

Download EtreCheck from https://etrecheck.com

Runtime: 6:02

Performance: Below Average

Sandbox: Enabled

Full drive access: Disabled

Problem: Beachballing

Major Issues:

Anything that appears on this list needs immediate attention.

No Time Machine backup - Time Machine backup not found.

Failing hard drive - This machine has a hard drive that appears to be failing.

Runaway process - A process is using a large percentage of your CPU.

Software/hardware problems - Software is causing performance problems.

Minor Issues:

These issues do not need immediate attention but they may indicate future problems or opportunities for improvement.

Upgradeable RAM - This machine has upgradeable RAM that would help its performance.

Unsigned files - There are unsigned software files installed. Apple has said that unsigned software will not run by default in a future version of the operating system.

Low performance - EtreCheck report took an unusually long time to run.

32-bit Apps - This machine has 32-bits apps will not work on macOS 10.15 "Catalina".

Limited drive access - More information may be available with Full Drive Access.

Hardware Information:

Mac mini (Late 2012)

Mac mini Model: Macmini6,1

1 2.5 GHz Dual-Core Intel Core i5 (i5-3210M) CPU: 2-core

4 GB RAM - Upgradeable

BANK 0/DIMM0 - 2 GB DDR3 1600

BANK 1/DIMM0 - 2 GB DDR3 1600

Video Information:

Intel HD Graphics 4000 - VRAM: 1536 MB

VS278 1920 x 1080

Drives:

disk0 - APPLE HDD HTS545050A7E362 500.11 GB (Mechanical - 5400 RPM)

Internal SATA 3 Gigabit Serial ATA

disk0s1 - EFI (MS-DOS FAT32) [EFI] 210 MB

disk0s2 [APFS Container] 250.60 GB

disk2 [APFS Virtual drive] 250.60 GB (Shared by 6 volumes)

disk2s1 - M************ Data (APFS) [APFS Virtual drive] (Shared - 12.45 GB used)

disk2s2 - Preboot (APFS) [APFS Preboot] (Shared)

disk2s3 - Recovery (APFS) [Recovery] (Shared)

disk2s4 - VM (APFS) [APFS VM] (Shared - 2.15 GB used)

disk2s5 - Macintosh HD (APFS) (Shared - 11.13 GB used)

disk2s6 - U********2 (APFS) (Shared - 995 KB used)

disk0s3 [APFS Container] 249.30 GB

disk1 [APFS Virtual drive] 249.30 GB (Shared by 5 volumes)

disk1s1 - N***S (APFS) (Shared - 45.27 GB used)

disk1s2 - Preboot (APFS) [APFS Preboot] (Shared)

disk1s3 - Recovery (APFS) [Recovery] (Shared)

disk1s4 - VM (APFS) [APFS VM] (Shared)

disk1s5 - Untitled (APFS) (Shared - 991 KB used)

Mac mini, macOS 10.15

Posted on Apr 8, 2020 8:25 AM

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Answer 1

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macjack

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111,204 points

Apr 8, 2020 9:53 AM in response to 99FLHR

Yes. You should be able to clone your current hard drive to the new external drive. Use a cloning software like SuperDuper! or CarbonCopy Cloner.

Or you could install the OS onto the external drive and Migrate from the internal.

How to move your content to a new Mac - Apple Support

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Answer 2

99FLHR Author

Level 1

4 points

Apr 8, 2020 8:26 AM in response to 99FLHR

Mounted Volumes:

disk1s1 - N***S

249.30 GB (Shared - 45.27 GB used, 200.12 GB free)

APFS

Mount point: /Volumes/N***S

disk1s5 - Untitled

249.30 GB (Shared - 991 KB used, 200.12 GB free)

APFS

Mount point: /Volumes/Untitled

disk2s1 - M************ Data [APFS Virtual drive]

250.40 GB (Shared - 12.45 GB used, 225.03 GB available, 223.92 GB free)

APFS

Mount point: /System/Volumes/Data

disk2s4 - VM [APFS VM]

250.40 GB (Shared - 2.15 GB used, 223.92 GB free)

APFS

Mount point: /private/var/vm

disk2s5 - Macintosh HD

250.40 GB (Shared - 11.13 GB used, 225.03 GB available, 223.92 GB free)

APFS

Mount point: /

Read-only: Yes

disk2s6 - U********2

250.60 GB (Shared - 995 KB used, 224.12 GB free)

APFS

Mount point: /Volumes/U********2

Network:

Interface en0: Ethernet

Interface fw0: FireWire

Interface en1: Wi-Fi

802.11 a/b/g/n

Interface en3: Bluetooth PAN

Interface bridge0: Thunderbolt Bridge

System Software:

macOS Catalina 10.15.4 (19E266)

Time since boot: Less than an hour

Notifications:

Notifications not available without Full Drive Access.

Security:

Gatekeeper: Enabled

System Integrity Protection: Enabled

Antivirus software: Apple

Unsigned Files:

Launchd: ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.google.keystone.xpcservice.plist

Executable: ~/Library/Google/GoogleSoftwareUpdate/GoogleSoftwareUpdate.bundle/Contents/Resources/GoogleSoftwareUpdateAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/GoogleSoftwareUpdateAgent -runMode xpchost

Details: Exact match found in the whitelist - probably OK

Launchd: ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.google.keystone.agent.plist

Executable: ~/Library/Google/GoogleSoftwareUpdate/GoogleSoftwareUpdate.bundle/Contents/Resources/GoogleSoftwareUpdateAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/GoogleSoftwareUpdateAgent -runMode ifneeded

Details: Exact match found in the whitelist - probably OK

Apps: 11

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Answer 3

99FLHR Author

Level 1

4 points

Apr 8, 2020 8:27 AM in response to 99FLHR

32-bit Applications:

7 32-bit apps

System Launch Agents:

[Not Loaded] 16 Apple tasks

[Loaded] 180 Apple tasks

[Running] 117 Apple tasks

System Launch Daemons:

[Not Loaded] 35 Apple tasks

[Loaded] 190 Apple tasks

[Running] 112 Apple tasks

Launch Agents:

[Loaded] com.microsoft.update.agent.plist (Microsoft Corporation - installed 2020-04-07)

Launch Daemons:

[Loaded] com.microsoft.autoupdate.helper.plist (Microsoft Corporation - installed 2020-04-07)

User Launch Agents:

[Loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist (? 0 - installed 2020-03-12)

[Loaded] com.google.keystone.xpcservice.plist (? 0 - installed 2020-03-12)

User Internet Plug-ins:

User Internet Plug-ins need Full Drive Access

User Audio Plug-ins:

User Audio Plug-ins need Full Drive Access

User iTunes Plug-ins:

User iTunes Plug-ins need Full Drive Access

Time Machine:

Time Machine Not Configured!

Performance:

System Load: 1.59 (1 min ago) 1.30 (5 min ago) 0.89 (15 min ago)

Nominal I/O speed: 5.06 MB/s

File system: 100.97 seconds

Write speed: 78 MB/s

Read speed: 73 MB/s

CPU Usage Snapshot:

Type Overall

System: 7 %

User: 21 %

Idle: 72 %

Top Processes Snapshot by CPU:

Process (count) CPU (Source - Location)

Other processes 103.88 % (?)

EtreCheck 5.47 % (App Store)

trustd 2.14 % (Apple)

mdworker_shared (17) 0.23 % (Apple)

suggestd 0.18 % (Apple)

Top Processes Snapshot by Memory:

Process (count) RAM usage (Source - Location)

EtreCheck 477 MB (App Store)

Finder 53 MB (Apple)

NotificationCenter 51 MB (Apple)

accountsd 42 MB (Apple)

SystemUIServer 37 MB (Apple)

Top Processes Snapshot by Network Use:

Process Input / Output (Source - Location)

Other processes 145 KB / 73 KB (?)

SystemUIServer 0 B / 64 B (Apple)

mdworker_shared 0 B / 0 B (Apple)

spindump_agent 0 B / 0 B (Apple)

backgroundtaskmanagementagent 0 B / 0 B (Apple)

Virtual Memory Information:

Physical RAM: 4 GB

Free RAM: 308 MB

Used RAM: 2.89 GB

Cached files: 830 MB

Available RAM: 1.11 GB

Swap Used: 0 B

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Answer 4

macjack

Level 10

111,204 points

Apr 8, 2020 8:45 AM in response to 99FLHR

Probably, it is getting long in the tooth. But it depends on your financial situation. A new hard drive would be cheaper. You could also put the system on an external hard drive and use that as your boot drive.

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